Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Rachel

#50 most common girls' name of all time · #109 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#50
Rank overall
#109 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
575,748
Since 2016
14,197
Peak year
1985 #13
Best rank
#9 1996
Girls Boys peak 16,437/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Rachel is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 1,225 1,225 #250
2024 1,292 1,292 #246
2023 1,224 1,224 #254
2022 1,263 1,263 #240
2021 1,271 1,271 #239
2020 1,305 1,305 #226
2019 1,548 1,548 #191
2018 1,558 5 1,563 #198
2017 1,622 1,622 #191
2016 1,884 1,884 #171
2015 1,941 1,941 #167
2014 2,090 5 2,095 #155
2013 2,325 2,325 #137
2012 2,420 7 2,427 #130
2011 2,664 2,664 #115
2010 3,024 3,024 #99
2009 3,589 5 3,594 #89
2008 4,087 5 4,092 #74
2007 4,841 7 4,848 #59
2006 5,551 7 5,558 #48
2005 6,226 13 6,239 #38
2004 6,923 34 6,957 #34
2003 7,997 14 8,011 #28
2002 8,944 15 8,959 #24
2001 9,556 8 9,564 #24
2000 10,687 12 10,699 #21
1999 11,632 17 11,649 #19
1998 12,209 18 12,227 #15
1997 13,798 23 13,821 #13
1996 16,121 25 16,146 #9
1995 16,047 28 16,075 #12
1994 15,492 25 15,517 #13
1993 15,974 26 16,000 #14
1992 15,840 26 15,866 #16
1991 16,344 32 16,376 #14
1990 15,710 40 15,750 #16
1989 15,357 106 15,463 #18
1988 15,348 62 15,410 #19
1987 15,646 63 15,709 #17
1986 15,455 56 15,511 #15
1985 16,360 77 16,437 #13
1984 15,839 83 15,922 #15
1983 14,591 43 14,634 #20
1982 13,871 64 13,935 #21
1981 12,590 50 12,640 #22
1980 11,618 57 11,675 #23
1979 10,230 41 10,271 #27
1978 9,802 38 9,840 #25
1977 8,976 38 9,014 #26
1976 8,453 28 8,481 #23
1975 8,225 23 8,248 #26
1974 7,399 35 7,434 #36
1973 6,103 21 6,124 #42
1972 6,417 15 6,432 #40
1971 6,115 32 6,147 #54
1970 6,029 20 6,049 #58
1969 5,242 18 5,260 #69
1968 3,727 11 3,738 #92
1967 3,312 12 3,324 #105
1966 2,277 8 2,285 #154
1965 2,011 12 2,023 #175
1964 2,261 6 2,267 #173
1963 2,178 5 2,183 #179
1962 1,941 7 1,948 #194
1961 2,054 7 2,061 #186
1960 1,792 1,792 #198
1959 1,744 7 1,751 #201
1958 1,663 6 1,669 #201
1957 1,821 7 1,828 #194
1956 1,672 9 1,681 #197
1955 1,802 13 1,815 #185
1954 1,805 5 1,810 #182
1953 1,780 9 1,789 #175
1952 1,599 11 1,610 #185
1951 1,435 7 1,442 #202
1950 1,454 1,454 #188
1949 1,437 6 1,443 #191
1948 1,388 1,388 #195
1947 1,447 1,447 #190
1946 1,234 1,234 #195
1945 1,207 7 1,214 #174
1944 1,250 1,250 #171
1943 1,371 8 1,379 #170
1942 1,427 10 1,437 #163
1941 1,384 17 1,401 #159
1940 1,264 7 1,271 #166
1939 1,345 9 1,354 #160
1938 1,279 9 1,288 #165
1937 1,229 12 1,241 #163
1936 1,208 17 1,225 #163
1935 1,198 11 1,209 #164
1934 1,181 13 1,194 #163
1933 1,142 10 1,152 #161
1932 1,254 11 1,265 #156
1931 1,171 1,171 #161
1930 1,261 6 1,267 #164
1929 1,214 11 1,225 #167
1928 1,180 8 1,188 #177
1927 1,286 7 1,293 #169
1926 1,389 8 1,397 #164
1925 1,439 8 1,447 #165
1924 1,600 1,600 #157
1923 1,483 5 1,488 #160
1922 1,541 10 1,551 #154
1921 1,583 10 1,593 #152
1920 1,484 8 1,492 #156
1919 1,488 8 1,496 #150
1918 1,542 6 1,548 #148
1917 1,339 5 1,344 #157
1916 1,328 8 1,336 #153
1915 1,205 7 1,212 #156
1914 975 5 980 #151
1913 827 827 #145
1912 703 703 #151
1911 537 537 #150
1910 538 5 543 #151
1909 462 462 #154
1908 425 425 #159
1907 420 420 #154
1906 366 366 #158
1905 421 421 #143
1904 356 356 #152
1903 383 383 #142
1902 393 393 #141
1901 369 369 #135
1900 379 5 384 #153
1899 324 5 329 #145
1898 367 367 #138
1897 297 297 #154
1896 348 348 #137
1895 351 351 #130
1894 317 317 #136
1893 321 321 #134
1892 369 369 #122
1891 267 267 #133
1890 318 318 #124
1889 266 266 #134
1888 281 281 #129
1887 226 226 #126
1886 213 213 #130
1885 212 212 #122
1884 230 230 #114
1883 174 174 #121
1882 203 203 #109
1881 157 157 #113
1880 166 166 #109